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Enewsletter • January
9, 2013

Notes
from Vegan Outreach

Together
for 2013!

Thanks
so much to each of the record
number of dedicated Vegan Outreach
members who took part in our year-end fundraising
campaign! Your generosity was incredible! Several
members of the matching pool contributed even
more than pledged, doubling even more donations!

Because
of you, more people will receive VO booklets
in 2013, bringing us closer to the more compassionate
world we all desire.

Every booklet printed, every heart opened,
every life changed – these are only possible
because of your thoughtful generosity!

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Notes
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John Oberg snapped these students reading Even If You Like Meat at Langara College in Vancouver (above) and Simon Fraser U in Burnaby, BC (below).

Reached
1,034 students at Riverside City College’s winter
intersession. Heard from vegetarians and vegans,
including one student who went veg on the spot!
He got a Guide,
along with a few others who are already veg
or likely to go veg. —Steve Erlsten,
1/3/13

Patti
and I reached 1,550 students at the University
of Iowa, and met a number of vegans, vegetarians,
and interested, very enthusiastic students!
One person said, “Gimme one. Now give me
another one,” then handed it to the other
person and walked away saying, “Here, you
have to read this.”
Even better at Iowa State – tons of support
and enthusiasm! A bunch of students stopped
to thank Jordan and me for our work. Another
person said, “I heard recently about all
this. The tight spaces that the animals have,
it’s not enough. I’m with you, thank you for
doing this.” Someone else said, “I
read this. I am going to be vegetarian.”—Sen Holiday,
10/11/12

A
great day of outreach. At Oklahoma City Community
College, I had a young woman say that she got
a VO booklet at Oklahoma U awhile ago. It made
her sad, and she just did a report on the issue
for a class she is taking. I also had a young
woman come up to tell me that she was aware
of this issue, was appalled by the treatment
of animals, and was very happy to find a like-minded
soul at her school. We had a good heart-to-heart.
At Oklahoma State, Oklahoma City, I met Craig,
a conservative Christian who is perhaps the
most enthusiastic individual I had met on the
tour thus far, reminding me how nice it is to
work on a cause that can be adopted by those from
all sides of the political spectrum.
An even 2,000 reached at the University of Oklahoma
for Logan, Natasha, and me. Sample feedback:
“This is awesome! Thank you so much for
being here!” While leafleting, I chatted
for well over an hour with a very interested
student – very productive conversation!—Jon Camp, 10/11/12

Incredible
day at Southern Connecticut State – reached
450 students in the first 20 minutes! Then,
Susan, Stacy, and Wendy joined me, and we blew
past the record for this school – reaching
a total of 1,993 students. My ace-in-the-hole
vegan assistant dean came by for a hug! Met
dozens of vegetarians and vegans; one of whom
told me he had changed after getting a booklet
from me. Ten students exchanged emails to get
a club on campus, and some want to leaflet. —Karen James,
10/11/12

Solid
day at Hillsborough Community College. Met a
number of vegetarians and vegans, had good conversations.
A not-fully vegetarian Mormon student stopped
to help leaflet; another student wants to get
involved.
Reached 1,040 at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Good conversations with a vegan and vegetarians,
and also meat reducers, local-meat supporters,
and former vegetarians. A group of four students
were among the former vegetarians, and they
seemed still interested in the issues so I gave
them all Guides. —Jeff Boghosian,
10/18/12

Jane Schneider and John Oberg at Simon Fraser U.

Jane
and I reached 2,030 students at Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby. One woman returned, raving
about how excellent our meat-reduction approach
is; she got Guided!
Reached 1,777 yesterday at Simon Fraser University,
Vancouver, British Columbia Institute of Technology,
and the University of British Columbia. At the latter,
Rebecca [Smith, above] came back to help leaflet – she reached
481 students, and is going to help later in
the week as well!
Today, Roger [Clarke, below] and I reached 1,539 at Langara
College – heard plenty of awws
and oooohs. Also, was told, “I’m
vegan and so glad you’re handing these out!”
as well as, “Got one, loved it, thank you!”
Not only had many students gotten a Compassionate
Choices or Even If You Like Meat
before, but three had a Guide with
them! —John Oberg,
10/17/12

Jovan
and I left work early to head over to DePaul,
where we met a number of interested people.
One young man who said he does not think he
could go all the way veg, has reduced his meat
consumption; he was happy to get a Guide.
One woman asked for another booklet and a Guide,
because she’s trying to convert her nieces.
—Leslie Patterson,
10/23/12

Alan
and I had a phenomenal day at SUNY Oneonta,
SUNY Cobleskill, and Hartwick College – over
2,100 students total. In general, we were met
with great enthusiasm, and had many positive
interactions – even with some ag students.
Laura, Alan, and
I had a great day at SUNY Albany – over 2,200
students reached. First we met a vegan professor
who is a donor to VO and was stoked to see us
on campus; others enthusiastically thanked us
for being on campus. Met a student interested
in helping leaflet in the future. Met a student
who went mostly veg from getting a booklet in
the past and was stoked to get a Guide and become
more veg. Also met a woman who was mostly veg
who now wanted to go vegan after reading the
booklet.—Vic Sjodin,
10/18/12

Love
both Reedley and College of the Sequoias – such receptive students. At Reedley College, a woman
[left] converted to veg on the spot – said she had
to do it. Another two individuals came up to
me separately and told me they had been thinking
about going vegan. They were both really excited
to get Guides. Jackiie, head of the student
group at CoS, and I had great conversations
there, too.—Brian Grupe,
10/17/12

Reached
over 1,200 students at Indiana University, Bloomington.
One student came up to apologize for his “disrespectful
comment last time you were here about loving
to eat chickens.” I let him know that my
feelings were not center stage, so he need not
worry about offending me. Rather, these animals
were the ones with much on the line, so taking
a serious and honest look at what chickens go
through before they end up in the bucket would
be the best use of his remorse. He took a booklet
and stated that he would do just that.—Joe Espinosa,
10/17/12

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